| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Agni | Digestive fire |
| Ama | Undigested residue; the root of disease |
| Banchan | Korean side dishes served with rice |
| Bubur | Rice porridge in Malaysia and Indonesia |
| Cháo | Vietnamese rice porridge |
| Dashi | Japanese stock; here made from kombu |
| Doenjang | Korean fermented soybean paste |
| Gokun / wǔ hūn | The five pungent vegetables avoided in Buddhist temple cooking |
| Ichijū-sansai | "One soup, three sides" — the Japanese home meal |
| Jook / zhou | Chinese congee |
| Juk | Korean porridge |
| Kanji | Indian rice gruel (Volume I) |
| Namul | Korean seasoned vegetables |
| Nimono | Japanese simmered dishes |
| Nyepa | The three humours of Tibetan medicine, equivalent to the doshas |
| Okayu | Japanese rice porridge, graded by water ratio |
| Otoshibuta | A drop lid that keeps simmering food submerged |
| Peya, vilepi, manda | Ayurvedic rice preparations of increasing thinness |
| Shōjin ryōri | Japanese Zen temple vegetarian cuisine |
| Sowa Rigpa | Tibetan medicine — "the science of healing" |
| Tong sui | Cantonese sweet soups ("sugar water") |
| Umami | The savoury taste of glutamates, abundant in kombu |
Volume V
Glossary
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Sources and further reading
- The Ayurvedic Institute — Food guidelines for basic constitutional types
- Yoga International — Ayurveda's guide to health in every season
- Wikipedia — Buddhist cuisine (five pungent vegetables; temple cooking in China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan)
- Japanese Taste — What is shōjin ryōri? A guide to traditional Buddhist vegan cuisine
- Wikipedia — Congee
- Just One Cookbook — Japanese rice porridge (okayu): water ratios
- Satyori — Soy sauce: Ayurvedic properties
- Satyori — Sowa Rigpa vs Ayurveda
- ThaiJO journal article — A comparative study of therapeutic methods of Jivaka Komarabhacca and Thai traditional medicine
- Liebherr FreshMAG — Cooling food: the teachings of TCM and Ayurveda
- Wikipedia — Okinawa diet
- World Health Organization Europe — Five recommendations to reduce salt intake (2022)
- Singapore Food Agency — Inorganic arsenic in hijiki seaweed
- HealthLinkBC — Healthy eating guidelines for people taking warfarin
- Bauer J. et al. — Evidence-based recommendations for optimal dietary protein intake in older people (PROT-AGE), JAMDA 2013
- American Heart Association — The changing nutritional needs of older adults (2024)